Escapist Newsletter (Vol 6 Issue 8)

News from LE

Speaking of contests, today starts the second half of the RT Poster Reading Challenges. Here’s a link to the first challenge if you haven’t had a chance to stop by yet. I should mention that the RT posters will not be the only thing the two winners will get. I also have two signed Vampire Academy posters by Richelle Mead (it’s the timeline she was handing out on tour) as well as a poster signed by Sherrilyn Kenyon and JR Ward. So each winner will end up with 3 fabulous posters to display.

I am also currently working on putting together a fabulous event for September. I said one was coming and I’m not going to disappoint. I’m still working on confirming a few more authors, so once the schedule is set, I’ll be announcing both the event and the fabulous contests that will be going on at the same time.

Speaking of contests, check out the latest ones going on. I have a few more than normal…

August 30th:Dangerous Boy by Mandy HubbardLet the Old Dreams Die by John Ajvide LindqvistLucid by Adrienne Stoltz and Ron Bass

Here are a few other places with their own September releases: Tez Says, Wicked Little Pixie, All Things Urban Fantasy,

New Release Dates:I’ve finally gotten the New Releases page updated. A printable version of the New Releases page was requested on facebook awhile back and that is now available. For a listing of all the novels that were added, click here and here. Here’s a few more (with quite a few more coming this weekend):

2012: A Matter of Time by Lisa Basso (#1) 2012: A Slither of Hope by Lisa Basso (#2) 2012: Beefcake and Cupcakes by Judi Fennell

08/01/13: Walking in the Midst of Fire by Thomas Sniegoski (Remy Chandler #5)

09/01/13: The Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #7)

Book News

Richelle Mead gives us the catalog description for the third Bloodlines novels, The Indigo Spell. For those who haven’t read The Golden Lily yet, this might be a little spoilerish, but dudes…I so can’t wait for it to come out next February.

In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch–a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood–or else she might be next.

There are a ton of books in the Outlander world and Diana Gabaldon has posted a chronolcogical order of of the series. If you’ve ever wondered how to read the Outlander, Lord John and various novellas, this would be it. And in case you missed it, the Outlander series has been optioned for a television series. More news on it can be found here, here and here.

Rachel Vincent has moved her blog, so if you’re a follower and haven’t updated your subscription yet, I would do so. She says she’ll be deleting her old one soon.

Nancy Holzner has begun a kickstarter to help cover the costs for self-pubbing a collection of short stories featuring characters from her Deadworld series. The cover was down by the series artist, Robin Ludwig, and will include the story of what happened during the plague that turned two thousand Bostonians into zombies.

Lauren Dane showed off the new cover for the third Delicious novel, Lush, as well as the blurb, which will feature Mary and Damien.

Mary Whaley has her hands full running a successful catering company and overseeing her supper club. She’s got everything she ever wanted—or so she thought. When she meets ridiculously hot and very dirty rock star Damien Hurley at her friend’s engagement party, the attraction she feels is overpowering—and she isn’t about to deny herself.

Damien is used to a hard and fast life. He and two of his brothers started a band when they were all in high school—then they hit the big time and stayed there. He’s also a legendary madman on the stage and in the bedroom. But when he meets Mary, something clicks, and the bad boy starts thinking he may have finally found something good.

What begins as a series of fleeting trysts soon get much more complicated. Damien can’t figure out why Mary doesn’t want more from him. And before long it’s Damien who wants more of Mary. But it turns out Mary is no stranger to the celebrity news and he’s got a very big job ahead of him—proving that he’s worth more than a one-night stand…

There’s been a title change for Sylvia Day’s second Crossfire novel. Instead of Deeper in You, we’ll have Reflected in You this October.

Fabulous news for Cassie Palmer/Dory Basarab fans….Karen Chance announced that she’s sold two more Cassie novels and another Dory book on her FB page. I’m so excited! This means more Cassie! Plus, the next Dory novel, Fury’s Kiss, comes out in October and now we’ll get to look forward to at least one more.

In her recent newsletter, Nalini Singh announced that she will be releasing a new novella collection for the Psy-Changeling series. Wild Invitation will be released March 5, 2013 and will include Beat of Temptation (Nate & Tamsyn), Stroke of Enticement (Zach & Annie) as well as two new novellas. Here’s what Nalini had to say about the two new stories:

The first novella will feature drum roll please…Cooper and Grace! This was a fun and intriguing novella to write, as Cooper is a Lieutenant, while Grace is one of the most submissive wolves in SnowDancer. As such, their dynamic is unlike any other.

I’m currently working on the second novella, and it’s going to be something a little different. Set in the time between Kiss of Snow and Tangle of Need, it’ll give us an intimate insight into Lara and Walker’s mating, as well as featuring the immediate aftermath of the events in Kiss of Snow.

To celebrate the release of her new novel, Tin Swift, Devon Monk has been publishing her a serial, Hang Fire, via some fabulous blogs.

HANG FIRE is a steampunk short story set in late 1800?s America. It takes place between the Age of Steam book #1, Dead Iron and book #2 Tin Swift. The story is broken into 20 “chapters” and posted, one chapter at a time, on 20 awesome blogs.

Shiloh Walker has posted a snippet from one of JC Daniel’s new novels, Broken Blade, which will be released some time next year.

Lauren Dane has an excerpt up from her Phantom Corps novel, Mesmerized, which is available at all retailers now. Dane also has a snippet from Sway, from the anthology Cherished being released August 7th.

Simon and Schuster has posted the first chapter to Vince Flynn’s new thriller, Kill Shot, which was released earlier this year.

Cynthia Eden’s Bound by Bound is currently available for free on Amazon. This may be a limited time offer as it’s still going for $.99 at Barnes & Noble, so I would get it while you can.

JC Daniels (aka Shiloh Walker) has posted a new snippet from her new urban fantasy novel, Blade Song, which will be released August 1st.

Lauren Dane has posted a snippet from her recently released Beneath the Skin, which is from her de la Vega Cats series. Dane has also posted a snippet from her Cherished contribution, Sway, which comes out in August.

Chloe Neill has posted a snippet from her next Chicagoland Vampires novel, Biting Cold, which hit shelves on August 7th.

Julianne Stone has posted a snippet from her next League novella, To Hell and Back, which will be released in October.

Katie Chandler is back in New York and at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc. – and just in time. The city’s in the grip of a magical crime wave from spells that wizarding whiz Owen Palmer thinks look awfully familiar, and the rogue firm Spellworks is raising its profile in the magical world by selling protective amulets. It’s Katie’s job as the new director of marketing for MSI to fight this battle of public perception while Owen and the other wizards try to uncover what’s really going on.

What Katie doesn’t realize is that her idea to stage a showcase for MSI’s magical achievements is playing right into a devious plot more than three decades in the making. Now Katie has to do damage control that has nothing to do with marketing. To save the magical world, she’ll have to prove who the real enemy is, and doing that will require digging deeper into Owen’s mysterious past than he wants anyone to go. If she fails, she not only stands to lose a magical war, but she could also lose the man she loves.

From the Reader

Breaking Dawn: Part 2 will be out in a couple of months and Blastr is showcasing the 11 pictures that were just recently released. The vamps definitely look creepy, but what is up with all the hair changes? Rosalie is now a red head? As is Carlisle? I’m wondering if there is a reason for this or I just missed that part of the book.

Hobbit fans rejoice! According to io9, Peter Jackson has officially confirmed that the upcoming Hobbit movie will actually be the first of a new trilogy. We won’t be getting just one or two epic films from Middle Earth, but three!

Authors After Dark will be kicking off in New Orleans next week (and I so wanted to be there), but I am planning on making it to Savannah for the AAD 2013. I know I’ll be at that one (I have family in the area) and I was super stoked to see that Stella has put up the blogger application for 2013. If you’re a blogger and planning to blow into Savannah, head over, fill out the application and try for one of the few spots of being an officially recognized blogger at Authors After Dark. Also, if you’re in New Orleans, the signing on Saturday will be open to the public. This would be a great time to go meet your fave authors.

Since this isn’t technically author news, I’m throwing it here. Jennifer Armintrout has begun recapping 50 Shades Darker and she’s been through the first five chapters already – One, Two, Three, Four and Five. And if you missed her recap of 50 Shades of Grey, you can read them all here.

Parajunkee’s View has another fabulous Blogging 101 and this time she’s concentrating on the coveted ARCs and Greedy Bloggers. She’s reminding us that ARCs are not a prize, but a marketing tool used by publishers to help build enthusiasm for new releases. While I love getting arcs, I’m not upset when I don’t get one. ARCs bring with them a responsibility and I think a few have forgotten about that.

Have you heard about Z World Detroit? It’s a Zombie Themepark that could happen in Detroit if enough money is raised via indiegogo. Sadly, I don’t know if it’s going to happen. They only have 4 days left to raise the $145k needed to do it and they are only raised $9,339. I don’t think they are close. *frowns*

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I am a 30-something SAHM with two adorable boys and a supportive husband who is very tolerant of my reading addiction. I love to read and easily go through about a dozen books a month – well I did before I had kids. Now, not so much. After my first son was born, I began to take my hobby of reviewing a little more serious and started Literary Escapism to help with my sanity. I love to discuss the fabulous novels I’ve read and meeting all the wonderful people in the book blogging community has been amazing.